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Jb Doi n A YEAR,]. FOR THE DISSEMINATION OF USEFUL INTELLIGENCE. R
Ot. III. WEDNESDAY MORNING, JULY 17, 1867. NO.29
isE. HERALD!
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-.-oa riovrstolis.
- j js iCS i todance.
ee ft srslla I aoN Obittr
an=tesUi sabeervingprirate
eiMsse s ar 1th etsa.
'.Ik413. the columbis Pbnix.J
jLMtewnoHorD. B. F. Perry.
here isstill heart and life in
repubr~. The ont opinion
-tbe- AttoramO-enra1 shows
:& eiildiberty-S et' yet dead
the Ameaisn NvernYnent. He
.ba d lelshed the absolute despo
tism of.the military commanders
an e&t*bAhern States. They are
no bger to make laws for us, and
remove at will, our public officers.
The ato ents are to be
reco ''d coutinued as pro
vernments, with all
cal machinery. This is
a gleam of sunshine break
ag Ui .b laok clouds of
a~ kelutism which
over th&Seuthern States
Il the ai .year. All may
yet well, if we do not volun
' dishonor aurselves by rivet -
Ju r e h iis 'which -have been
thrown over us in voting for a
Convention. We must have en
deran a 4, t.long suffer
dea onrppression and .ty
',_"eas .who coolly
iudertook to con
:quefotatros, and ought gallant
ly through *_h9dtW blood fields
A&*KTn the
qr f pcaCe,t#ke. counsel from
and be panie-tricken
with their own -apprehensions.
efdinst be-s. reaction at the
3o eb. TfjdrInocratic party is
daily iricreasing n. numbers and
strength. .Their'eauso is just be
foxe Heaven, They re: fighting
I iopaHiberty and self.
, trpnT ,iwd their next - edee
ma &i1-sweepthe Black -Repub
out:otexistence.
KSet forget that this
i G ',. vernment" It
#ea-So ' l in, and has so con
tiae up r to "present time.
White med settled the country,
arhieved their independence, and
#spind e Go ernment for white
sneer%elly id exclusively. Ne
" t aud iu Q suffrage
erought Jbyour rev
ntinsrvanc rns, -North nr
seu setts-and New
ag Sbi Caoina. It ws
b en4dAoknowledged that the
ms of an inferior race,
~cs~m~eof any high intellectual
1tI%and utterly unfit for re
btinrule. They were held as
SlagSADd'CgiZed as ebhattels
bythe puritanaR thmselves. They
were bogt and stolen im Africa
6@ 4e Es'g anders, s an
6rougt to America forsle. as
slaves. This horrib~le traffic hasI
beenM ~$ a ren e of wealth, and
r&y to< Newv England, For
~ear tesnd years, --4he hiatory
dehgb o in Afriea, shows no
~6V1t*ov0adat. It is only
e6tne association
~rT~iI~u itoman that his imi
'MaWed imto adopt a
clivilisation. Profes
las ,recently made
~Mthat the n egois of a
~Jj ee2t.ace frm-that of
t~lt~nun, greatly inferior,
ad 75d' different origin.
fthe rupp Congress had pur
eoreof a half
-afte ,twr was ye -- -ung
Ntwo e thr ofus, or as
in each of the
- r outd have
set f mercy and
etb de,ning an mali
6i f'humiliation, degra
- and terrorism with which
haWve .punished the whole
~~d4Seeesioists, inno
p 'ijultg, equll. The bar
* i=m Ya negro government,
-gVWE~iintg worse and more
on ourselves and,
p~~vi~ ore*er, is intola.rable
- edg ~ aL The radicals were
dMrns~ tie opinion of the
*or4 fMohir death victims, in
thia-~*e and Christian age.
But,'b a-refinement in cruelty pe
cual their own, they have in
flicted 3-*6ntal punishment of
conscious dishonor on all alike,
ad at the samne time~, have provi
deil for streBgthenling and perpet
uatjffgir political power as a
petty.-iNs puiiishment is not in
fitd iraday or a year, but to
co-ittnue -ilt it-is wiped out, as it
ultmately will be, in the bod f -
both races. The horrible scenes
of San Domingo are destined to be
re-enacted in South Carolina.
Negro suffrage has been fairly,
fully and effectually tried in Ja
maica, under the most favorable
auspices. It was established there
some years since, and has been
fostered and sustained by a fanati
cism in England, against continued
riots, insurrections and rebellions,
which it has, at all times, pro
duoed, At length, it had to be
taken away, for the peace and
quiet of the island. The failure is
acknowledged. The negro has
shown himself incapable of exer
cising the right of suffrage peace
ably and wisely. This has oc
curred in Jamaica, just as it is
about to be thrust on the people of
the South-as a punishment, and
for the advancement of the 'politi
cal power of the radical party.
The history of the negro govern
ment in San Domingo ought to
to show the impracticability of its
existence anywhere, without the
most horrible .consequences. If
we turn to Africa, and look at the
negro there, we shall have still
stronger evidence of his incapacity
for the exercise of political power.
With all these terrible and damn
ing facts staring us in the face, and
with our own perfect knowledge
of ,the negro: -.character, we are
about to confer on hini, voluntari
ly, the right of suffrage and social
equality with ourselves! At the
same time, we are going to volun
tarily disfranchise and degrade all
those amongst us who have been
distinguished or prominent in po
litical life ! With deep pain and
regret,;Lwould ask.if any .people
in the world, pretending to civili
zation and bristianity, have ever
before pursued'so"base and suicidal
a course? Athens scorned the
proposition of Phillip to give up
her orators and be protected. A
band of robbers would feel some
compunctions of honor and con
science in securing their own safe
ty by giving up to punishment
th6i1Idhief.~.I; t f .told to the=eter
na fnfatby of the Scotch^ nution,
that thby sold to the Englisb, fora
sun of money, their native sover
eign, against whom they were wa
gtng t terrible war. But the peo
ple of South Carolina are about
selling, to the Black Repullicaus,
all the public men whom they have
heretofore loved and honored, for
the humble boon of being placed
themselves on an equahty with
their former slaves, and having
those freedmen to rule over thim
and their wives and sons and
daughters forever ! In recording
and contrasting these two public
acts, history must regard the
Scotchman, in the reign oft Charles
the First, as a wise gentleman,
compared to the Carolinians of the
present day.
At the beginning of our seces
sion movement, the political cry,
everywhere, was that "Southern
men must govern the South."
Now, the cry is, that wve must
have the Union restored by dis
franchising our public men and
enfranchismng our former -slaves.
In other words, "the South must
be governed by negroes." John
Quincy Adams, in speaking of the
punishment of impeachment, de
clarea', in Congress, that he. pre
ferred the punishment of death to
being declared by his country in
capable of holding office. To this
infamy is now added, for the South
ern man, inability to vote, and the
disgust of seeing the negro take
his place in politics. But this sac
rifice, painful as it was .to Mr.
Adams, and mnust..e toavery boan
eale-liii,' would" be cheerfully
made by the public men of South
Carolina, if it was all 'that was re
quired of the State. The dishonor.
of negro suffrage might be borne,
too, if it were not for that social
equality which must ensue, and
that dark future which is present
ed to every intelligent mind, in
that future, we shall see legislation
the most iniquitous-agrarianlism
the most abhorrent-and crimes
the most atrocious-with misery
beyond end uran .ze to the women
and children of the South.
Is there a gentleman in South
Carolina, or even a decent man,
who wishes to see negro equality
and negroes holding office ? Is
there one who thinks that the
leading men of the State should be
disfranchised and not allowed to
hold office under the Government ?
Surely not, every one will answer.
How, then, can they vote for such
self-degradation, and injustice to
others-friends and honored men ?
What reason do they give for con
duct so monstrous? The only rea
son I have heard is, that some
thing worse will be imposed. What
that something is.-worse than ne
ment-I am at a loss to know.
But this is taking counsel of our
fears, which no honorable man
should ever do. No danger and
no punishment should ever induce
him to degrade himself, or to do a
dishonorable act. He should rath
er meet the consequences, be those
consequences what they inay-the
dungeon or death.
It really seems that the Southern
people have been so borne down
with trouble, oppression, tyranny
and starvation, that their minds,
as well as their principles, are un
settled. A lady remarked to me,
the other day, that it se:med to
her "'the spirit of the men was
crushed out." When I hear it
gravely proposed to abandon our
friends at the North and foran new
associations, I begin to -thii that
r.ot only all spirit., but all principle
and all sense, have been crushed
out of us, The Democratic party
North have always been the allies
of the South, from the origin of
our Government. They have, since
the war, as they did before the
war, made sacrifices of their popu
larity- and their political honors
in defending the South. They
have.fougbt our battles, in Cou
gress and out of Congres, with a
spirit and devotion to principle
worthy of a band of martyrs. A
few thousand votes will put this
party in power all over the North,
and those votes they are daily ac
quiring. Then the Southern States
will all be restored to the Union,
with their constitutional rights
unimpaired. Just -at this time,
when this death struggle is going
on for our rights and honor, and
we see our friends and allies about
to gain the victory, we are advised
to withdraw from them, with a
parting stab under the left rib,
and seek new associations ! Daniel
Webster once said to Mr. Calhoun,
in debate, that his (Calhoun's)-idea
of checking an ally in battle would
have been somethino new in tac
tics to the Great 'rederiek. I
think the idea of abandoning an
ally in battle, and going over to
the enemy, is something in strate
gy bolder than the idea advanced
by Mr. Calhoun. It belongs to
the school of Benedict Arnold.
In a short time, the registering
of voters will commence. No one
should decline to register. It mat
ters not how much he may be dis
gusted with politics, or how much
be is opposed to negro suffrage
and a Convention. Let him regis
ter in self-defence, whether he in
tends to vote in this election or
not; he may wish to vote in some
future election ; this he cannot do
uuless he now registers, It is at
all times unwise to relin.quish a
right, though you may never ex
pect to exercise it. No man would
like for the Government to dis
franchise him, and he should not,
therefore, disfranchise himself. A
man's opinion often changes. I
only advise him to be in a con
dition to gratify his wishes. There,
is a story of an old man who never
had been out of his town, and
never wished or expected to go
out. The king ordered that he
should not leave, and he then be
came dissatisfied and wished to
leave the city. Let those who
refuse to register take care that
they do not find themselves in the
condition of this old man.'
Having registered, it becomes
the duty of every good man to
vote, whether he is opposed or in
favor of a Convention. If the Con
vention is to assemble, every citi
zen is deeply interested in having
it composed of good men.- They
who are opposed40o the- eaR->f a
Convention arc as much bound to
vote for the candidates as those
who are in favor of calling the
Convention. If the selection of
candidates is left to the negroes.
and bad white men, all may be
disfranchised who have been in
Confederate army. If the selection
is left to the negroes, they may
declare in Convention all white
persons disfranchised. We must
not permit the government of the
State to fall into unworthy hands,~
if we can possibly prevent it. Look
at the State of Tennessee and see
the deplorable condition of the
people there-a negro regiment,
under Governor Brownlow, corn
mitting all sorts of depredations'
on the property and persons of
the peaceable inhabitants of the
State ; Gov. Brownlow himself de
claring whole counties disfran
chised. This sad condition of af
fairs was the consequence of the
good citizens refhasing to have
anything to do with the first elec
tions which took place in Tennes
see after the close of the war. No
matter how much you may loathe
and detest the call of a Convention,
and f'esl that it is the greatest
huimain and dishcnor th.t on
be inflicted on a free people, still
v ou should vote for members of~
that Convention. The Conven
tion will have to make for you and
your children a State Constitution.
Having voted for members of
the Convention to represent your
wishes and principles, then endorse
on your ticket, "against Conven
tion." If a majority of the votes
cast be against Convention no
Convention will assemble. and the
State will be left as it is at pre
sent, under military rule, with
her Constitution unchanged, and
her rights as a State unsaerifleed,
by her people. If the majority
should be in favor of Convention,
it will assemble, and the good men
chosen by you \vill be there to;
protect your rights and interests,
as far as it may be in their power.
The military bill leaves it en
tirely with the registered voters
to say whetl er a Convention shall
assemble or not. The voters have
an unquestionable right to exercise
their sound discretion. They are
not ordered to call a Convention.
and whilst option is left them, by
the powers that be, they should
not voluntarily relinquish the
rights of the State, and the prin
ciples of self-govermuen t.
B. F. PERRY.
GREENVILLE, S. C. June 24, 1857.
P. S.-Since writing the above,
I have received . the Louisville
Courier, published at Louisville,
Kentucky, from which I make the
following extract. Letters re
ceived from prominent men in
Boston, Philadelphia, St. .Louis,
New Haven and other portions of T
the North, use pretty much the!
same language, and express a con
tident hope of re-action-there
'It does seem to us that it is the
patriotic and imperative duty of
every man who .would not see
negro Governments 'established in
the Southern States, and whiL{
men disfranchised and proscribed,
not only to register, but to vote
against Convention. The Southern
man who votes for Convention j
will fix a brand of infamy upon
his name which will- cling to it,
and descend-with it to his children,
so long as the wrongs of the South
are remembered among men or are
recorded itt impartial history."
The South and Reconstruc
tion.
Congress is disposed to make
clean work of its reconstruction ,
business. The bill reported by
the Reconstruction Committee in 1
the House is definite enough, and
absolute enough, to satisfy the
most fastidious. It simply makes
he military commander of each
district the only government over
its people and within its limits;
and sweeps away all other author
ity, leg'isl ative, executive or judi
cial, that might stand in his way.I
It treats the whole Southern coun
try as if it were in a state of war,
and hands it over to the absolute
control of military power.
We are not disposed to objet to
this. We deem it wholly uncon-1
stitutional, but that seems to be of
little consequence. Thomas Jef
ferson and James Madison would t
have opened their eyes pretty I
wide, if such action had been pro.
posed in their day, or if they had(
been told it would become possi
ble in anybody's day; but they<
have both been dead a long time,
and arc becoming more dead every
year. Besides, we are passing
through a revolution-one mucht
more thorough and complete than r
the one which achieved our ine
pendence of Gi-eat Britain-one K
which is w'orkingfar greater chan- I
ges in the nature of our Govern
ment and the spirit of our institu-i
tions than that did-one lbefore
which constitutional forms andc
limitations of power avail less thbanr
nothing as checks and restraints
on the popular wil!
But the country stands in the
presence of one paramount, over
whelming necessity of a restored
Union ; and we shall not oppose
or resist anything which promises
that. There is danger that if we
do not get that soon, we may nev-.
er get it. There is danger that ~
our Government may become one
of factions backed by force-of.
conflictin gsections-and States-of1
jarring and wrangling interests,
yielding obedience only to arms,
having no sympathy with each
other, no common pride, no mu-(
tual love, no adequate conscious
ness of their common weal and1
common destiny,
The reconstruction law promis- i
es to restore the Union, if its con- f
ditions are fulfilled. It opens a
gate through which the Southern a
States can come back, and again 1
become constituent3 of the nation.
plished, and we welcome any law,
any authority, any state of things
which promises to bring it about.
We think it far better that the;
South should-be subjected for six
months to the will of five military
commanders, each of them abso
lute and supreme in Sis own dis
trict, than be exposed to commo
tion, anarchy and military domi
nation for ten years. And that
seems to us the only alternative
open to them.
We trust therefore, that Con
gress will pass its explanatory law
without delay. Make it so clear
and explicit that even Mr. Stan
bery, with his legal microscope.
can detect no flaw in it. What
ever else it is, let it at least be
definite, and then, when the South- {
ern States have accepted and ful
filled its conditions, keep faith
with them and take them back in
to Congress and the Union, on an
equal footing with the other States.
When that is done, we shall have
a beginning of a restored and per
fected Union-if we are ever to
have it at al1.-New York Times.
Reasons for Reconstruction.
A writer in the Augusta Press is
reviewing, in a series of well-writ
ten articles, the position of Gov.
Perry, and in opposition to his
iews, From his last article, we
quote the following cogent reasons
why the people of the South should
push forward the work of restora
tion :
Why is it that the New York
or Boston broker can_ obtain all
the money he needs at six cent..
on the security of shares in any
bubble enterprise at the North,w
when our land-owners, me~rcha*nts
and manufacturers are refused a
:litne ? Why is it '-that the mer
hants of two of the largest and
most populous cities in Georgia
re comppelled to ask for a re
:luction of rents, on the ground
that they are not making expense?
Why is it that thousands of acr.es
fproductive land, already planted
in corn and cotton, have been
bandoned because the owners
bave been unable to procure pro
visions to feed the laborers and
)easts of burden necessary to culti
rate them and gather the crop ?
rhe answer is, all-this is the case
>n account of the political chaos
nhich exists among us, the insta
ility of our Government, and the
suspension of all law, as an emi
aent authority has justly defined
nartial law, or the government of
,he sword. While this condition
>f affairs continues, property is
usecure, industry and enterprise,
-hich depend altogether for sue
es on peace and a faithful ad
ninistration of just and stable
aws, are paralyzed, and society is
n continual ap)prehension of the
listurbance and trouble which
vould result from a declared anta
romism between the white and
)lack races. But restore to us the
yower to make our own laws, so
et our cewn officers, and rcgulate
>ur own affairs; relieve us from
.he arbitrary and capricious domi
ation of the bayonet ; protect us
gainst the spy, the informer and
he detective ; and place us again
mnder the egis of the law, as defin
d and limited by the Constitution.
ive us peace and the right of
elf-governnent, and we shall at
mee command whatever money
md credit we need to rebuild our
rade, commerce and industry,
td re-establish the prosperity of1
.he whole people. Until these are
estored, and the oppression and
nstabiity of military rule are at
in end, it is folly to expect that
mur material condition will im
rve. Without capital, all our
nterests-agricultural, mercantile
md industrial-must linguish and
lie, and to command capital we
nust command confidence."
Important to Inn-Keepers.
The following circular from
iceadquarters explains paragraphs
and 7, in Order No. 32, and
tates to whom licenses should be
ranted. and what regulations
vill be enforced. As this question
s one of great importance to
nany in the community, we ad
rise a careful reading of the cir
ular, and a thorough acquaint
nce with its contents:
HEADQUARTERS 2D MIL. TIS, }
CHARLESTON, S. C. JUNE '67.
IRCULAR:
In the execution of paragraphs
TI. and VII. of General Orders
o. 32, current series, Post Corn
nanders will be governed by the
llowing instructions :
An Inn in a place where food
.nd lodging are provided and fur-;1
iiec for pa to travellers and
may grant to Inn Keepers licen
ses to sell liquors in quantities
less than one gallon to be drank
on the premises. In determining
the number of such licenses it is
expected that due regard will be
observed to the actual occasion
for tavern accommodations, so
that no evasion of the order be
permitted by an unrcessary in
crease of the present number of
inns. In any town where this
occurs the authority to grant li
censes will be revoked and the li
censes granted annulled.
The order does not admit of
any construction extending the
privilege to apothecary shops,
ice cream saloons, eating houses.
or other places.
The civil authoritites to whom
license money has been paid will
determine for themselves whether
they will refund to -ieenses the
whor>le or any part of the money
received for licenses.
The order is operative on an
after the date of its publication.
Post Commanders. in the exercise
Of their discretion, may extend
the time until the fir.t day of Ju
ly next.
The military tribunals constitu
ted'hy Circular dated May 15, 18
67, from Ieadquarters, will have
cognizance of all violations of par
agraphs VI and VII of General
Orders 32, current series. The
proceedings will be forwarded by
the Post Commanders to these
Headquarters for review and fin
nal action.
Where by law or nicuieipal reg
ulation the proceeds of licenses
are devoted to the maintenance of
common schools open to all with
out discrimination against color
or caste, the procEeds of the liten
ses now authorized may be ap
plied either to such schools- or to
the support of the poor, in the
discretion of the civil authorities.
All laws or pavts of laws, or
municipal regulations inconsistent
with the provisions of General
Orders No. 32, or of this Circular
are suspended, and will be.deemed
and held inoperative.
The authority to revoke licen
ses when drunkenness or disorder
ly conduct is permitted in or
about premises where liquor is
sold may be exercis.ed by Post
Commander or by any magis
trate of the vicinage on proof of
the offence.
By command of Major General
D. E. SICKLES.
J. W. CLOUS,.
Captain 38th Infantry,
A. D. C. &. A. A. A. G.
Official : J. W. CLous, Captain
38th Infan try. A. D. C. &. A. A.
A. (G.
DEFINING His PosITroN.-The
"Fat Contributor," while at Nash
ville, recently, was requested to
define his position on jolities,
which he did in a letter to "J-,hn
Happy," of the Nashville Banner,
as follows:
"I am aware of the nece.sity of
knowing just where a man stade(ls
in these times which try men's
soles-as well as the upper leat her.
To begin with, I am an old Henry
Clay Whig, of the Polk School. I
believe in the IIard Cider Plat
form of 1840, during which I cast
somewhat colored vote for' Jack
son. I voted against the assas
sination of Lincolnm. I favored the
Maine Law until they fired on our
flag, together with our flag-stones,
when I went in for a vigorous
prosecution of peace. I am in
avr of woman's rights, if it is a
ood-looking woman and she writes
o me. I don't know much about
he Monroe Doctrine, and as for
orse doctoring, I don't know any
hing at all. I wouldn't vote to
bige a Mormon to have more
hn one wife and am opposed to
ntroducing cholera into tbe terri
ories. I go in for a tax on water
falls, and am willing to allow chig
ons representation in Congress
on the basis of population. Final
ly, I am in favor of allowing the
egro to vote in the South-it is
the only way to make treason
Morous.
REGIsTRATION. - This work
me of the most important that
ever devolved on our people-is
rogressing now in every County
n our State,. with what results
bhe future will develop. Need we
rge, as we have often done be
Ebre, those to whom the privilege
s accorded, to register without de
.ay ? Let all business that inter
Eeres with registration alone, till
-ou see your name recorded upon
he registration books, is our ear
2est advice to all interested in
his matter, not only on their ownl
account, but on account of their dins
ranOhim-i neighbors~ and1 friends.
Something About Brazil.
The Petcrsburg Express indulges
in the following humorous review
of the charms of.this modern land
of promise:
There is a delightful region' in
South America, accessible by
steamboat, which is not only plea
sant to live in but affords a charm
ed prospect for all who wish to-di,
as well as- to live easy, It is pecu
liarly well suited to those of our
fellow citizens who look fQrward
for support to public offices and
confiscation.
The vegetation of the country
is perennial, and the splendor and
elegance of nature are, beyon.d
description, fine. The emigrant,
like the native, has only to step
ashore. go into the woods, and be
happy, Iie reclines with-dignified
ease underneath the first clump of
trees. On looking up, he discovers
the bread fruit- growing, and abo e
that the pendaut branches of the
cocoanut.
The imorning breeze 'ehui'ns the
milk in the cocoanut, the hot sun
of the genial clime cracks the shell;
the butter trickles down just as
the bread fruit expands, like pairs
of hot English rolls, and covers
them over with a most d'elicious
unction. The breeze at length
shakes the buttered rolls down
into your mouth, and you eat
without effort, and enjoy yourself'
without labor. It is good
In the same woods the shit
tree grows, described by the ceic
brated traveller, Humbolt. The
tree is felled with an ordinary
knife, the skin is taken off, two
I arm holes are cut into it, and
there is the shirt. A work of five
poor little minutes, such as oe
may get through with lazily mi-an
idle spell whitling off the small
end of-nothing from a cbunk: -of
pine.
Tu Vary the diet ons nreed obly
whistle for a native, who 'wil
come, and for the consideration.of
half a cent will produce from; his
traps two dozen woodcocks, wich
are plentiful there, and as we alt
know are most delicious easug.
For one cent one may obtain a
bushel and a half of sweet pottoes.
The yam, indeed, grows alinet"
spontaneously, and it is brought
to its high state of perfection by
being simply poked in--a hole and
covered over with sand, an i er
tion requiring no more- energy
than is necessary to dip up a gourd
of water and drink.
All sorts of fruits grow in the
greatest abundance and force them
selves into observation by their
profusion.
Death in thait country is, as we
have intimated, easy. All that is
necessary is for one to satiate him
self with yams, bread fruit, shirts,
grapes and laziness and lie .do*w
in a jungle anid go to sleep. When
he wakes he will find himself in
the Lelly of a boa-constrictor, or
heaven., or perhaps somewhere
elso.
The Montgomery Mail, in aHlu
ding toa proposition to send Dick
Busteed to the United States Sen
ate says :
"As for toadying such a man bei
cause he occupies a seat upon .the
tcncl, or because he may possibly
prove recreant to the party whicli
placed him in office, such a thing
is. unbecoming .the dignity of
Southern people. The man who
would betray one p'art~y would be
tray another. --
"If we cannot find good, consist
ent, honorable Southern men who
can take the test oath in the tJni
ted States Congress, let us elect to
the Senate such men as Millard
Fillmore, Franklin Pierce, Robert
C. Winthrop, ~Erastus Brooks,
John P. Stockton, Daniel W. Voor
hees or S. S. Cox. It is not neces
sary that the representatives elect
ed by Alabama to the United
States Coagress should be citizeng.
of Alabama. The Constitution of
the United States merely requires
that they should be ei#ens of the
United States. Rather than-eloet
such men as Swayne and Busteed,
(Gen. Swayne will please pardon
the connection,) who are merely
domiciled here, and are not of us,
let us elect straight-out Constita
tional Union men, wherever they
may be found. The Mail nomi
nates Millard Fillmore and Frank
lin Pierce as candidates for - the
United States Senate from Ala
bama, in the event of 'reconstruc
tion.'
Birth cards are now issued: in
fahionable circles in Paris. Their
style is the following : "Monsieur
de X--has the honor -to inform'
you of his birth, which took place
day before yesterday. He and
hs mother are 'wel as may be.er